Coronavirus: Peter Dutton Has Been Diagnosed
Peter Dutton has been diagnosed with Coronoavirus (COVID-19 virus), after waking up with a temperature and a sore throat. He was immediately tested for the virus, and those tests have come back positive. But in the days beforehand, Mr Dutton...
Dutton’s New Laws Will Allow Governments to Access Your Data Across Borders
It’s three months into the new year and Peter Dutton has come out swinging with a new rights eroding piece of legislation that’s destined to increase the reach of all law enforcement and spying agencies under the home affairs umbrella...
China’s All-Pervasive Eyes of Surveillance in the Uyghur Homeland
Right now, there are over a million mainly Muslim Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities being arbitrary detained in political indoctrination camps in the Chinese far western province of Xinjiang - or the country of East Turkestan, as the locals know...
Outrage as Morrison Continues Inaction on Violence Towards Women
The horrific quadruple murder of Hannah Clarke and her three young children by ex-partner Rowan Baxter on 19 February, drew national attention to the ongoing crisis of violence against women and their children, which annually takes the lives of many...
COVID-19 May Trigger Use of Liberty-Restricting Laws
At 11 am on 12 March, there were 126 confirmed coronavirus cases in Australia, and three people had died as a result of the disease. While attorney general Christian Porter had warned the week prior that in response to the...
A Holistic Approach to Defending Women: An Interview With the LACW’s Elena Pappas
Although the number of women behind bars is still relatively small compared to men inside, women’s numbers in prison have been on a dramatic increase over recent years. Last September, there were 3,505 women inmates in Australian facilities compared with...
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced for Sexual Offences
It’s a long, long, long way from the glitz and glamour of movie-making in Hollywood and ‘A-List’ parties, but Harvey Weinstein is now back behind bars serving the first day of his 23-year prison term. The former Hollywood producer was...
The Great Aussie Shit Fight Over Toilet Paper
At first, it was mildly humorous to see people stocking up on toilet paper. And to see the various memes floating around the internet taking the mickey out of the latest Australian shopping craze, showing innovative solutions, like toilets hooked...
A Just Transition: An Interview With NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd
The 2019-20 bushfire catastrophe saw Australia become ground zero of the climate crisis. A recent study found that more than 20 percent of forest on the mainland was engulfed by the flames, which is in a scope that’s never been...
Should Politicians Be Personally Liable for Acting Unlawfully?
Former Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie could be personally liable for making sports grants without lawful authority, with serious questions raised about whether she was authorised to approve grants that were handed out to ‘targeted electorates’ the lead-up to the last...
